2024 Boys Lacrosse Summer Camp in Trenton, NJ
The Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville, NJ
Overview
The school boasts great amenities, including several fields, both turf and grass. Campers will work on their individual stick skills, learn team concepts and positional training, and scrimmage daily. This is a great opportunity to work personally with one of the greatest lacrosse players of all-time. Join us for an unforgettable week of lacrosse!
About Our Coaches
Nick Schmidt, is a former MLL star and former Assistant Lacrosse Coach at Rutgers University. Nick, who played for Rutgers, was a part of the incredible turnaround of Rutgers lacrosse program. During his senior campaign the Scarlet Knights went 10-5 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 12 years.
In addition to playing at Rutgers Nick played for 6 years in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL). He finished his career with the Chicago Machine after playing for both the New Jersey Pride and the Los Angeles Riptide. Currently, Nick is the Assistant Lacrosse Coach at Rumson Fair-Haven High School, Nick has had the chance to coach at the youth and high school levels since 2003. He received his teaching certification and has founded the South Brunswick Youth Lacrosse program to help the growth of the sport in the state of New Jersey. Nick has spent the last 15 summers with GameBreaker directing lacrosse summer camps in multiple locations on the east coast.
Camp Details
Check in/out: Overnight and Extended Day Campers check in at 12pm on the first day of camp and Check out at 12pm on the last day. On the second and third day of camp the extended day campers will arrive at 8:45am and get picked up at 9:00pm.
Age & Ability: Camp is open to boys ages 8-16, all ability levels welcomed.
Meals Provided: Overnight campers will be provided with all meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Extended day campers will be provided with Lunch and Dinner
Camp Overview
Developmental Stick Work
Specialized stick routines involving box and targeted fundamental drills
Position Specific Training
Defense - including a rotation of midfielders
Footwork – pivot, recovery and angles
Stick work – clearing, carrying and stick protection
Field Awareness – slide, recovery and on ball play
Attack
Situational Awareness – spacing, vision and offensive flow
Shooting– time and room, on the run, shot placement and selection
Dodging – from, X the ally and up top
Riding – drop back, pressure and 10-man rides
Midfield
Situational Awareness – spacing, vision and offensive flow
Shooting– time and room, on the run, shot placement and selection
Dodging – from, X the ally and up top
Defensive Play – body positioning, field awareness and sliding
Goalie
Communication - ball positioning, dictating the defensemen’s position and slides
Mechanics – placement in cage, off stick and stick side movement
Clearing – moving the ball quickly, communicating where to go with the ball and stick work
Face Off Specialist
Mechanics – footwork and body positioning
Outlets – pushing the ball to wings, communicating how and where they should go
Draw – speed work, counter moves and development of additional moves
Unsettled Situational Game Play, focused on special awareness specific to each type of situation
2v1 Fast play from the ally, X and Y
Cross field 3v2 continuous play
3v4 off ground ball and clears
Full field transitional continuous play
Grouped Position Specific Training- Attack vs. Defense, Midfield vs. Midfield and LSM’s
1v1’s, 2v2’s 3v3’s, 4v4’s– from all positions on the field focusing in
on specific game philosophy’s, techniques and spatial awareness
Specialized Team Building and Leadership Events
Lacrosse capture the flag, lax baseball, lax water balloons, lax maze runner, ultimate lacrosse and other leadership activities
Game Play - Clear ride scrimmage, full field scrimmages, camp championship tournament, 7 vs 7, box lacrosse tournament
Daily Award Ceremony
*Curriculum Varies Per Location and Director*
*For Sample Times of Daily Schedule, Visit Highlights Page*
Reviews (3)
Harrison Y. - Camper After attending this camp I feel a lot more confident in my ability. The coaches kept reinforcing to have confidence in what you do even if the results are not always positive. That was one of the biggest takeaways I got from camp.
Sally H. - Parent I would recommend this camp for anyone who wants their son to learn from the best. The coaches at camp were great. Thank you GameBreaker.
Ari S. - Camper Compared to the other camps I’ve been to, this was the best one so far. I learned a lot of new things and also had a blast. The food was great and staying in the dorms was also pretty cool.
